Rochester City Ballet, Writers & Books, and Geva Theatre Center are excited to announce the establishment of The Vampires are Coming…to Rochester – a community-wide marketing collaboration. The Vampires are Coming…was founded to cross promote performances and events that have a vampire theme and take place in greater Rochester, New York for the 2011-2012 arts and cultural season.

Rachel DeGuzman is a supporter, consumer of, and advocate for the arts - especially dance. She is the president and CEO of 21st Century Arts, a Rochester based consulting business that specializes in strategic arts marketing, initiatives and organizational development. She serves on the board of Friends of the GardenAerial and serves as chair of the New York, New York Market Development Committee of the Visit Rochester Industry Council. Her past positions include director of advancement and external relations at the Rochester City Ballet, marketing and publicity manager of the Nazareth College Arts Center where she was instrumental in the establishment of its world-class dance festival, board member at Rochester City Ballet, director of development and communications at The Commission Project, and director of development at Garth Fagan Dance. Rachel is married to Jimmy DeGuzman and has three children - Reynaldo, Maya and Rafael.